The advices by the Indian mail are but partially satisfactory.
General Whish bad not lost so much ground as the former ac- counts represented; troops were advancing to renew the attack on Moultan with overwhelming strength; Sir Hugh Gough was to take the command in person ; and mistrust intenduced into the councils of the enemy enfeebled his strength. On the other hand, Nicolson and Abbott had been crippled by the desertion of their Native troops in the Hazareh country. In Ceylon, the revolt has been crushed, and its promoters have been punished with a severity unusual in British dominions. But the colony is in a highly objectionable state, with disaffected Na- tives, discontented Europeans, financial deficiency, and its Go- vernor, Lord Torrington, asking for an act of indemnity to cover lib severe and irregular proceedings. On the North-eastern frontier of the Cape colony, Pretorius has been routed by Sir Harry Smith, and has fled, like " Napo- leon from Waterloo?'
The troubles of Ceylon are reflected in the West, by the con- tinued financial squabbles between the Governors and Legis- latures of Jamaica and British Guiana. Sir Charles Grey has thought fit to resort to an obstructive prorogation of the Jamaica House of Assembly, for a nominal recess, in order to impede their measures by the forms of a new session. It is a bad omen for the Whig Ministers when they are at open war with the Legislature of Jamaica.
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